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In a survey of business leaders conducted jointly by
Harrison Conference
Services and Hofstra University, nearly 81% said they
assess managerial
ability on the basis of how well people participate
at meetings.
—John Sheriden, Industry Week, The $37
Billion Waste—
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This Meeting
Sux! You’ve said it, heard it, thought
it, or felt it, perhaps all too often. You may
have tried to initiate improvements in meetings
but you gave up because it was too much work, or
you felt alone in your efforts. Maybe you decided
that running meetings is the meeting leader’s
responsibility and is not up to you. Or perhaps
you were overcome with frustration, and simply
unequipped with the knowledge and skills necessary
to do anything. Yes, this meeting sux,
and this presents you with an
opportunity to transform meetings, and in the
process, your group and your life.
But what can you do if you’re not in charge? This
is the first book written to specifically answer
this question. This is the first practical guide
that contains the knowledge, skills, and action
steps that you, as a meeting participant,
can use to change meetings for good.
Quick but effective
action steps you can take immediately to change
the course of your next meeting, whether you're
the designated leader or not!
Strategies to shift
your attitude so that your communication has
greater impact.
Tools you need to
become an empowered participant to pave the way
for advancing your career.
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Meeting participant needs
effective skills to move meetings forward.
This book is devoted to the those “around the table”
hungry for a better use of their time and energy.
The consistent emphasis on
leadership training over the past couple of decades has
produced great results in many arenas. However,
in the arena of group dynamics, gains have been elusive.
Hundreds of books have been published to help leaders run
better meetings, but still, studies show some surprising
results. For example:
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In 2005, Microsoft conducted an online survey of
38,000 people and discovered that workers average only
three productive days per week. The main culprit:
unproductive staff meetings. 69% of the
38,000 people surveyed considered meetings to be an
unproductive use of time.
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A study by Industry Week (Sheridan, J.H, 1989) says
that the cost of wasted time in unproductive
meetings exceeds $37 billion annually. They
characterize this phenomenon as the “great
white-collar crime.”
Everyone's a Leader
So, if meeting leaders aren't making meetings work, what
about the other 90% of the people in the room? Should they
just sit still like polite school children, obedient,
passive, and bored into oblivion?
“No!” Anyone can exercise the leadership that is
desperately needed around the globe, if they have the
passion, desire, skills, and commitment to do so. A
paradigm shift is occurring in business, government,
education, and society at large, where people on the
ground floor are ready to lead.
Bonuses
When you purchase either the ebook or paperbook
version of our book, you recieve the following bonsues:
Resolve Any Problem.
($29.95 value) A step by step automated guide
to help you flesh out and resolve any problem.
Career Development Coach.
($29.95 value) A tool to help self-coach you
into the right career for you.
Decision Making Coach.
($29.95 value) A tool to self-coach you
on making the best decisions.
Meeting Effectiveness
Forms. ($9.95 value) Print
versions of the meeting forms and templates from the
book's appendix. Bring these to your meetings and use them
as tools and reminders.
This program includes the best practices of professional
Life Coaches to guide clarification of your life’s
purposes, set long and short-term goals, and take
deliberate actions.
Print versions of the meeting forms and templates from
the book's appendix (a $10 value)
Includes:
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12 Acts of Courage Actions Checklist
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Detailed tips for preparing an effective agenda
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Baseline Operating Norms—The Dynamic Dozen
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Full Participation Inventory
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Meeting Design and Execution Template
And more bonuses coming!
Are you
ready to change your meetings for good?
Yes? Then choose
your option below.
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ebook
reader version
($9.99)
Two formats, mobi for kindle;
epub for other ebook readers
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